Group music and movement sessions form part of the programme at Homai Early Childhood Centre. During some sessions we engage the children through Clonker Board activities (figure 1) and children… Read more
Learner stories
BLENNZ Auckland – Early Childhood Team
“Give me time” Approximately 70% of the Auckland Early Childhood roll have multiple complex needs as well as a vision impairment. They need to make sense of the world around… Read more
BLENNZ Tauranga visit the Symphony Orchestra
Hannah’s story about an amazing outing that was organised by the BLENNZ Tauranga staff. The event was arranged to encouraging student awareness and enjoyment of orchestral music and to provide… Read more
BLENNZ Wellington – Building braille skills
In Wellington we have three braille learners at the intermediate and secondary school levels. The girls are each at a different stage of their schooling, and in their learning and… Read more
BLENNZ Otago – Lenny plans for the future
In March 2011 Lenny, who has low vision, attended a Career and Future planning Immersion course at Homai Campus. He produced a CV and this started him on his journey… Read more
BLENNZ Nelson – Hands-on exploration
We have had a recent teaching focus on the close range exploration of real objects – specifically water creatures – with some of our low vision, primary students. They revelled… Read more
Freedom’s Career and Future Planning Immersion Course Reflection Feb 2014
Transcript Karen: Freedom, what are you hoping to get out of this Career and Future Planning Immersion Course? Freedom: I hope to get a full plan proof from, to… Read more
BLENNZ Hamilton – The World at His Finger Tips
“The World at His Finger Tips”- by Nic Holloway, BLENNZ Hamilton. In 2013 Jayke’s team successfully applied for a Braille Sense U2 from the Ministry of Education for him. He… Read more
BLENNZ Taranaki – Creating stories using Book Creator
BLENNZ Taranaki currently has 5 teachers and an administrator. Many of our learners have iPads to help access the curriculum and our teachers have iPads to use in their teaching…. Read more
BLENNZ Christchurch – Developing Social Skills
Students from Christchurch have been involved in various ‘Social Skills’ based activities this year. A group of students who have low vision from BLENNZ participated in the event “Mural Madness… Read more
